Does China remain a socialist country? This course traces the history of China from the 1894 Sino-Japanese War to the present and explores the intricate dialectical relationship among nation, city and identity in modern China. Topics include: (1) The transformation of China from empire to nation-state in the 20th century; (2) How the city became the locus of China's modernity and the cultural space in which the Chinese defined national and individual identities; and (3) China's shifting identities, aspirations, and economic growth in the globalizing world.